Last Updated on Saturday, 10 August 2024, 5:34 by Writer A police officer took his own life after consuming a poisonous substance hours after police believed that they uncovered concrete evidence linking him to Wednesday night’s stabbing death of Attorney-at-Law, Richard Layne. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Mark Ramotar said Police Sergeant Tony Sulker was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 August 2024, 22:07 by Writer The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarians and Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Friday clashed over government’s request for parliamentary approval of GY$4 billion that was spent on the ailing sugar industry. Mr Mustapha, in response to APNU+AFC’s Khemraj Ramjattan, said GY$397 million was spent on ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 August 2024, 20:37 by Writer Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Friday filed a notice to appeal a High Court decision earlier in the day that former Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers must be compensated GY$2 million for wrongful arrest and detention during a probe into alleged electoral fraud in violation of Guyana’s Constitution. Among ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 August 2024, 20:23 by Writer Four foreign girls between 14 and 17 years old, who were allegedly trafficked from Brazil to Guyana, have been rescued and are receiving care, the Home Affairs Ministry said Friday. A Home Affairs Ministry official declined to state the nationalities of the girls and whether anyone was arrested during the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 August 2024, 17:12 by Writer Former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers was Friday awarded GY$2 million for wrongful arrest as part of a probe into alleged electoral fraud. Justice Simone Ramlall found that Ms Myers was unlawfully arrested and detained but it was not found that her detention amounted to ...